I invite my fellow researchers to reflect a bit on why they might consider someone with a lived experience of a health condition researching it more biased than someone without. I have researched maternal health and pregnancy for many years
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Researching own lived experience: break the taboo! by Dr Nisreen Alwan
Why we do research by Professor Salim Khakoo
I was recently in conversation with my NHS colleagues and one of them questioned as to why do research. To a large extent this is related to curiosity about how things work and how we can make things better for
Read moreMy RCGP conference reflections by Estelle Mills
On the train back from the fantastic RCGP conference, I felt inspired and more interested in GP as a career than I ever had before. The conference gave us students a real flavour of what issues are relevant today in
Read moreMaking time by Professor James Batchelor
While speaking with co-workers lately, I felt compelled to discuss “time.” I’ve noticed that everyone appears to be complaining about the absence of it. This pandemic has ushered in a new manner of working that has pushed us all online,
Read moreMy RCGP Conference Reflection by Alice Weare and Fatima Rahman
Going with the flow: How scientific infrastructure is a key to TRANSFoM-ation
Having access to modern equipment and precision instruments is key to a successful faculty which strives to be at the pinnacle of medical research and education. As part of the Faculty of Medicine’s TRANSFoM programme, the Infrastructure workstream has been
Read moreExams in a Covid world by Professor Jane Wilkinson
If someone had told me when I started as Associate Dean Education at the beginning of the first lockdown that I would still be spending so much time on the impact of Covid on the student experience in January 2022,
Read moreMy RCGP Conference Reflection by Morgan Weiland, final year medical student
I thoroughly enjoyed the RCGP Annual Conference and found that it gave me an excellent insight into what a career as a GP entails. My favourite sessions were those that addressed the wider social and planetary determinants of health and
Read moreThe evolution of Enterprise in 2022 by Professor Ying Cheong
Recently, I posted a quote on Facebook: “You can’t calm the storm… so stop trying. What you can do is calm yourself. The storm will pass.” I have to say, I was pleasantly surprised this received a plethora of ‘likes’.
Read moreThe return of the familiar …by Professor Philip Calder
In the last six weeks I have attended two conferences, one in Germany and one in Belgium. Prior to the lockdown I was a very frequent traveller with conferences, expert groups and other academic meetings taking me to all corners
Read moreA student’s view of the Royal College of General Practitioners conference
Five medical students from the University of Southampton received bursaries from the Wessex Faculty Royal College of General Practitioners (RCGP) to attend the RCGP conference. This was a joint venture with the University and over the coming weeks, Medically Speaking
Read moreA reflection on representation in medical school by Samantha Mills, BM6 student
I am delighted to be the first student invited to write a ‘Medically speaking’ blog post. My name is Samantha Mills, I am a BM6 student currently intercalating on the MMedSc programme. Over the past two years there have been
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